UTMB-Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Graduate Program

Required and Offered Courses » Pathogenic Bacteriology

Summer 2008 Class Schedule
Course Co-Directors:
Tonyia Eaves-Pyles | Ext. 29429 | Rm. 3.142D MRB
Alfredo G. Torres | Ext. 70189 | Rm. 3.142E MRB
Date: April-28 to August-8 | Time: 8:30 - 9:30 am
Room: MRB 4.145 (Mon, Wed, & Fri)
Textbook Required: Bacterial Pathogenesis, A Molecular Approach, 2nd Edition. A.A. Salyers and D.D. Whitt, ASM Press, Washington D.C, 2002.
Highly Recommended (Support): Principles of Bacterial Pathogenesis, E.A. Groisman, Ed., Academic Press, 2001.
Course Number: MICR 6315
Mid-term Exam: June 18, in room TBA MRB
Final Exam: August 8, in room TBA BSB
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Wk	Date/Day	Time	Chapter	Topic	Instructor
1	04-28 (M)	8:30-9:30	1	Basic principles	J. Peterson
	04-30 (W)	8:30-9:30		Gene Expression and Regulation of virulence genes	A. Torres
	05-02 (F)	8:30-9:30	2	Experimental Approaches for the Study of Bacterial Diseases	G. Valbuena
2	05-05 (M)	8:30-9:30		LPS and Host responses	E. Sherwood
	05-07 (W)	8:30-9:30	9	Bacterial exotoxins	A. Torres
	05-09 (F)	8:30-9:30		Francisella	T. Eaves-Pyles
3	05-12 (M)	8:30-9:30		Journal Club 1	T. Eaves-Pyles
	05-14 (W)	8:30-9:30		Bacterial Strategies for encoding the Defense System	A. Chopra
	05-16 (F)	8:30-9:30	3	Molecular Approaches to diagnosis and Characterization of Bacterial Infections	J. Olano
4	05-19 (M)	8:30-9:30	10	Antimicrobial compounds	S. Chauhan
	05-21 (W)	8:30-9:30		OPEN	OPEN
	05-23 (F)	8:30-9:30		Streptococci & Enterococci (Grant writing)	D. Niesel
5	05-26 (M)	8:30-9:30		HOLIDAY	MEMORIAL DAY
	05-28 (W)	8:30-9:30	14	Staphylococcus species	C. Houston
	05-30 (F)	8:30-9:30		Secreted proteins and Host Responses	T. Eaves-Pyles
6	06-02 (M)	8:30-9:30	15 & 18	Genetic Resistance to antimicrobials THIS CLASS HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR 05/28 AT 9:30 AM	T. Chan
	06-04 (W)	8:30-9:30		Journal Club 2	T. Chan
	06-06 (F)	8:30-9:30	28	Diarrheagenic E. coli	A. Torres
7	06-09 (M)	8:30-9:30	17	B. pertussis RESCHEDULED TO JUNE 16	A. Chopra
	06-11 (W)	8:30-9:30	13	Y. pestis	V. Motin
	06-13 (F)	8:30-9:30		Journal Club 3	A. Torres
8	06-16 (M)	8:30-9:30		B. pertussis RESCHEDULED FROM JUNE 9	A. Chopra
	06-18 (W)	9-2		MIDTERM EXAM	MRB 4.145
	06-20 (F)	8:30-9:30	20	Legionella & Haemophilus influenzae	A. Chopra
9	06-23 (M)	8:30-9:30		Grant review	D. Niesel
	06-25 (W)	8:30-9:30	30	Neisseria	N. Bourne
	06-27 (F)	8:30-9:30		Journal Club 4	A. Chopra
10	06-30 (M)	8:30-9:30	21 & 31	Mycoplasma/Chlamydia	J. Olano
	07-02 (W)	8:30-9:30		Journal Club 5	N. Bourne
	07-04 (F)	8:30-9:30		HOLIDAY	INDEPENDENCE DAY
11	07-07 (M)	8:30-9:30	25	V. cholerae	J. Peterson
	07-09 (W)	8:30-9:30	24	C. difficile & Pseudomembranous colitis	V. Motin
	07-11 (F)	8:30-9:30		Journal Club 6	V. Motin
12	07-14 (M)	8:30-9:30		Shigella	D. Niesel
	07-16 (W)	8:30-9:30	23	H. pylori	V. Reyes
	07-18 (F)	8:30-9:30	26	Salmonella	T. Eaves-Pyles
13	07-21 (M)	8:30-9:30		OPEN	OPEN
	07-23 (W)	8:30-9:30	27	Listeria monocytogenens	T. Eaves-Pyles
	07-25 (F)	8:30-9:30	29	Escherichia coli Extra-intestinal Infections	A. Torres
14	07-28 (M)	8:30-9:30	22	B. anthracis	J. Peterson
	07-30 (W)	8:30-9:30	16	Pseudomonas	V. Motin
	08-01 (F)	8:30-9:30	7	Vaccination	R. Pyles
15	08-04 (M)	8:30-9:30		Journal Club 7	R. Pyles
	08-06 (W)	TIME CHANGE 2:30-3:30	19	Mycobacterium LOCATION CHANGE Mary Moody Northern 5.224	J. Olano
	08-08 (F)	9-2		FINAL EXAM	BSB 2.212

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